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LifeQuest hosted its 28th Annual Dinner Meeting Thursday at the Highland Conference Center. Twenty-one staff members were honored at the dinner, including six people who have been with the organization for 20 years or longer. Lonnie Callies, Peggy Swift and Leann Waller have been with the organization for 20 years. Gail Denne and Carrie Tesch have been with the organization for 25 years, while Deb Brink marked 35 years of service to LifeQuest.

Street closures went into effect this morning for the Corn Palace Festival in Mitchell. The Fifth and Main parking lot closed at 4:30 a.m. So did First Avenue through Seventh Avenue on Main Street and a half-block on either side of the same stretch of Main Street. Carnival rides and other attractions will be set up for the festival's start on Wednesday.

PIERRE (AP) — Law enforcement agencies in central South Dakota teamed up last week to conduct checks on 99 registered sex offenders in the region. The U.S. Marshals Service says officials are continuing to investigate a handful of cases in which sex offenders might be prosecuted for breaking the law. Sex offenders must register where they live and work, and they can be prosecuted if the information they register is inaccurate. The U.S. Marshals Service is the primary law enforcement agency responsible for investigating sex offender registration violations.

In the festival of San Fermin each summer, bulls race through the streets of Pamplona, Spain, goring and trampling anything in their way. When a copycat event hits Richmond, Va., this weekend, the bulls may have to circumvent one additional obstacle: animal rights organizations that say the event is dangerous for people and animals.

DEAR DR. ROACH: My husband was hospitalized with congestive heart failure. He returned home, grew weaker, and after three days was diagnosed with severe dehydration and passed away the following day. How can that happen so quickly? Can medication be a factor? Please explain how the body organs are affected by severe dehydration. -- M.M.

Dear Readers: Do you have paper money that has seen better days, or have you found some hidden away? There is a way to replace those torn bills or ones that are in a deteriorated condition, and the U.S. Treasury Department has a few guidelines: • If you have at least half a bill, try taking it to your bank or credit union, which should be able to replace it.

One person was sent to the hospital when a 1998 Dodge Durango collided with a 2011 Ford F-250 Super Duty truck Monday evening. Michael Hayes, 34, of Mitchell, was driving his Ford north in the 200 block of North Rowley and struck Kymberly Franke's Durango, which was traveling south on Rowley, at approximately 8:45 p.m. "Hayes was making a left turn and didn't see Franke's vehicle," said Mitchell Police Officer Kelly Loudenburg, who was on the scene and added Hayes has been cited for left-turn vehicle failure to yield.

PICKSTOWN -- Boaters and local and federal officials banded together over the weekend to rescue an injured bald eagle. Chad Peters, of Wagner, said he was boating on the Missouri River above the Fort Randall Dam by Pickstown on Saturday afternoon when he and family members saw a big bird in the water. Peters said upon closer inspection the bird looked like it was struggling, either from a broken wing or being tangled up in something.

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Up here, many folks don't much like President Barack Obama's vision of a big government colossus dictating health care, doling out entitlements, and generally meddling in the affairs of the citizenry. Alaska voted against Mr. Obama by 14 percentage points in 2012, and if another election were held today, the anti-Obama vote would most likely be higher.